Nintendo’s Super Mario is alleged a sexist game; Details here

The world of mobile gamers was overwhelmed when the popular Super Mario Run game was announced for iOS and Android platform a couple of days ago. The game, which was launched on December 15, has already managed to get a whooping 2.5 stars out of 5 on the Apple's iTunes store.

The game certainly has managed to gain maximum prominence, however, a recent report by Forbes points out just how sexist the game is.

According to New York Times, after the launch of the game it goes top of the app store charts. But many users beleive Super Mario Run does not look like a family-friendly game. Instead, the game tends to objectify women or even men to most extent.

"Super Mario Ran begins, as does almost every Super Mario title, with Princess Peach becoming a hostage who must be rescued by Mario. Just before her ritual kidnapping, Peach invites Mario to her castle and pledges to bake him a cake. Upon her rescue, she kisses Mario," Suellentrop wrote.

"The game also includes a second female character, Toadette, whose job is to wave a flag before and after a race, like a character from "Grease," he rightfully points out.

The Forbes report further goes on to point how this is a theme with most games these days. In other words, how winning doesn't merely symbolise gaining a reward by does so in an extremely sexist manner.

The New York Times report by Chris Suellentrop also points towards how one will discover that neither Mario nor a kiss is waiting for her (Peach) as a reward. In other words, how men as widely believed by most sexists always get their way and women, on the contrary don't. The Forbes report, however, concludes towards the end that the author is "baffled" by the outrage.

"If Peach wasn't included at all, I could understand the frustration - other Mario games have no female playable characters and my own daughter has justifiably complained about that," the author wrote. "But this is not the case with Super Mario," he concluded.